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John Caldwell Calhoun (1782-1850) Vice-president of the United States, 1825-1832. He spent his last few months writing: "Disquisition on Government," and "Discourse on the Constitution and Government of the United States," a remarkable discussion on the rights of minorities.
James Grant Wilson and John Fiske, eds. Cyclopedia of American Biography (New York: D. Appleton, 1888) 498.
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